“Man’s capacity
for justice makes
democracy possible;
but man’s inclination
to injustice makes
democracy necessary.”
- Reinhold Niebuhr

#Niebuhr #democracy

therefore, we must be saved by the final form of love, which is forgiveness.

~ Reinhold Niebuhr - "The Irony of American History" 1952
#spirituality #love #forgiveness #americanhistory #Niebuhr

„Lange Zeit wurde dieses Gebet anonym überliefert oder unter verschiedensten falschen Namen. Dabei wissen wir sehr genau, woher und von wem das Gebet stammt.“

#gelassenheitsgebet #niebuhr

“Man’s capacity for #justice makes #democracy possible,” the theologian and thinker Reinhold #Niebuhr wrote in 1944, “but man’s inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.”

Gott, gewähre mir die Gelassenheit,
Die Dinge zu akzeptieren, die ich nicht ändern kann,
den Mut, zu ändern, was ich ändern kann, ,
...

so dass ich ziemlich glücklich sein möge in diesem Leben,
und äußerst überglücklich mit dir für immer im nächsten.

#Gelassenheitsgebet #Niebuhr

@taylorbranch.bsky.social, glad to hear it! Hope you're well. The #Resist movement really needs to hear your lucid perspective on building a new #CivilRights movement. We must learn and apply the lessons of #MLK in the long fight ahead. Are you already engaged? #Niebuhr #Courage #Endure

#MLK confronted the evil head-on. So must we. Violent responses to nonviolent #CivilRights protests exposed the obscene cruelty, injustice, and violence of segregation. I see so many parallels with this context. Surely, the tactics are still relevant. #Niebuhr #Courage #Resist #Indivisible

For #seminary education, consider joining @edenseminary.bsky.social! I'm privileged to teach in the halls where Reinhold #Niebuhr, Walter #Brueggemann and other eminent scholars have walked. I love teaching great students, many of whom will become future leaders. Check it out at www.eden.edu/visit

Anyways. It's interesting to look and see how I react when things, people and issues come up again, that I've manage to accept after all ( #Niebuhr style…)

I don't plan to be as (hyper)active here as I used to be on twitter 2016 thru 2022 (not the least for my sanity), but let's see.

www.e-ir.info/pdf/106801

We live in anti-theoretical times. All the more reason to share this short but insightful piece by @HaroKarkour on the value of much maligned IR theory to the contemporary age. #Realism #Trump #Morgenthau #Carr #Niebuhr.

It's compicated. #Niebuhr. (NB: Paraphrase is not the same as endorsement.)